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Loving Summer by Kailin Gow YA-Mature/New Adult Contemporary Paperback & e-book, 250 pages Published May 28th 2012 by theEDGEbooks.com Purchase:   Amazon After not having seen childhood family friends, Rachel and her brothers Nathaniel and Drew in three years, sixteen year old Summer Jones, who has always spent her summers with the Donovans at her Aunt Sookie's Malibu beach house, discovers there is more to her long-time crush on one of the Donovan brothers this summer than meets the eye, especially when Astor Fairway, the handsome television star taking her aunt's acting coaching sessions, notices her. This summer, the summer she is noticed, would be the summer no one could forget. An excerpt: I hug her tightly again. I've missed Rachel so much. She's like the sister I never had. Talking of siblings... "Where are Drew and Nat?" I ask with a grin. "You didn't abandon them at the San Francisco airport, did you?...

Romantic Thriller with Supernatural Twist When We Collide by A. L. Jackson Publisher: Sapphire Star Publishing (11/2/12) Purchase: Amazon From the bestselling author of Pulled and Take This Regret comes a gripping new tale of loss and love. In a moment that will change his life forever, William comes face to face with the girl who, with one look, captured his heart. He is unable to ignore the buried desires and the hope for the future they’d once believed they’d have. Now William is ready to fight to take back what had been stolen from him six years before. But he never imagined what that fight might cost him. A.L. Jackson gives you an intimate look into the lives of a family bound by an unseen connection in this romantic thriller with a supernatural twist. Guest Post How to Avoid the Slush Pile Hi everyone. I’m A. L. Jackson, author of Pulled and Take This Regret , and I’m excited to share with you all today my tips on avoiding the s...

Caleb Meets Paige The redhead from Gia’s group, the one they called Paige stepped toward me. A strange girl that hung out with a gang of Walkers posing as humans showing up at my house can’t be a good thing. “What’s up, Paige?” I asked nervously. Something about the way she stalked toward me without saying another word bothered me. With her fiery red hair flapping in the wind, she kept her gaze locked on my face and held her hands out to the sides. The streetlights played on her pale skin, giving it a weird glow. There was nothing normal about her. I walked backward until my backside hit the tree behind me. Next thing I knew, my body was pinned against it. Some kind of invisible force held me down. I couldn’t move an inch. My injured arm throbbed under the pressure. I clamped down on my bottom lip. Whatever she did was crushing me. “What the—what are you doing to me?” I wanted to slam my hands over my ears. There was this ringing in my ears that hurt like crazy. Not only ...

Summer in Salem by Brina Courtney New Adult paranormal*e-book*Published September 2012 by Laurelis Press Purchase:  Amazon   Teagen’s summer has been turned upside down by a body, a pentagram necklace, and an old flame. Nine months ago, Teagan Matthews' boyfriend disappeared and took her sense of stability with him. But when the opportunity to live with her aging grandmother in Salem arises, she decides it's time to get on with her life. A new home, new job and new friends are adding up to a beautiful summer... ...until a young girl's body shows up one night in town, wearing a necklace exactly like Teagan's. Now a guy looking remarkably like her missing boyfriend has arrived in Salem along with a mysterious stranger who may have some answers that Teagan has desperately been searching for. Teagan must now decide who to trust. It's a matter of life and her death. About the author: Brina Courtney Twitter  |  Goodreads ...

Morrigan Shuffled from place to place in the foster system, Morrigan doesn't know the meaning of home. Plus, she is different. She has power over fire, the ability to move objects with her mind, and glimpse into the future. Just when she believes her life can’t get any stranger, she discovers her true identity. Filtiarn, a knight with a dark past and a surprising secret, has been tasked with guiding the heir of Tír na NÓg through countless perils to be returned to her family. Once Morrigan has been reunited with her mother and grandmother, their triad can save the forgotten land of magic from being devoured by an ancient evil.     Buy on Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Smashwords        Follow the author  Website  |  Facebook  |  Twitter  |  GoodReads  Laura “Luna” DeLuca lives at the beautiful Jersey shore with her husband and four children. She loves writing in the young adult genre because...

Meet Paige  from Dark Seraphine What’s your favorite color? Black. What other color exists? Well, maybe red should be given some credit too. What type of vehicle do you drive? I don’t drive. I use another method of traveling. Next question please. Describe yourself to me. **sighs deeply and looks bored** Gothic, impatient, smart, crafty, the list could go on forever. And I don’t wanna bore everybody to death. How would your mate describe you? The last mate that I had cheated on me. So he’s floating around somewhere at the bottom of the sea. **gives me a chilly, evil grin** Moving on time!! What really moves you, or touches you to the soul? Hm. What a tricky question. Depending on who you ask, they might say that I don’t have one. What's the one thing you have always wanted to do but couldn't? What would happen if you did do it? To fall in love. And when I did let that happen, it was disappointing. See the question above for what happened to the guilty mate. **...

The Gifted Ones: The Fairytale by P. G. Shriver  YA fantasy*e-book, pages: 274 * Publisher: Gean Penny (February 15, 2012)  Thrown together by the cruelties of a modern day world in which genuine compassion is rare, evil abounds, and goodness is often tainted by the fight to survive, two unusually gifted teenagers discover they are linked by a fairytale told them repeatedly throughout their youth by their late mothers.  Destiny awaits them, but first they must locate the others, as the fairytale foretells, to defeat the evil monster who waits and change the lonely world in which they live. Only then will they find peace... and family.  For my guest post today, I would like to share an excerpt from the second book in the series The Gifted Ones, The Dream: The circle of flames danced in the darkness about Thad. Fear bubbled in his chest, rumbling up his throat, the scream closing his esophagus. His tongue touched the roof of his mouth atte...